Railway-tie plate



Sept. 29; 1925. 1,555,436

J. ROZINE RAILWAY 1 1 PLATE Filed March 28. 1925 Patented Sept. 29, 1925.

UNITED STATES JOHN ROZINE, OF LIBBY, MONTANA.

RAILWAY-TIE PLATE.

Application filed March 28, 1925. Serial No. 19,131.

To (ZZZ 107mm it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN RoziNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Libby, in the county of Lincoln, State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Tie Plates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in railways, and particularly to rail supports.

In the ordinary railway construction, where wooden ties are used, the rail rests directly on the upper face of the tie, and due to the constant pounding from the passing trains, this portion of the tie becomes disintegrated to such an extent that the tie must be replaced. This is caused by the direct vertical weight of a train bearing downwardly on the tie, at a single point, through the rail.

It is the particular object of the present invention to provide means on which the rail is supported, and which is supported on the tie, so that the rail bears downwardly at two points, arranged at opposite sides of a line drawn vertically through the web of the rail, with the result that the disintegration of the tie is prevented.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of a rail, a tie, and the supporting plate beneath the rail.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of a portion of a tie, showing the supporting plate in elevation, and the rail in section.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the supporting plate removed from the tie.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents a portion of a wooden railway tie, and 11 a portion of a railway rail. Disposed on the upper face of the tie is the supporting plate 12, which forms the subject-matter of the present application, and on which the rail is adapted to rest.

This plate comprises an elongated body portion the ends of which are turned upwardly and inwardly, to rest on the upper face of the body portion, and in spaced relation at opposite sides of the transverse center of the body, such ends being indicated at 13. The portion of the body, intermediate the end faces of the upwardly and inwardly turned ends 13, is ofiset upwardly as shown at 1 1, the upper face of such offset portion lying in a plane which is spaced below the plane of the upper faces of the ends 13, whereby when the rail 11 rests on such ends 13, there will be a space between the lower face of the rail and the upper face of the offset portion. Thus the rail has two points of contact with the supporting plate, such points being located at opposite sides of the longitudinal center of the plate.

Formed vertically through one end of the plate is a single spike receiving opening 15, while a pair of similar openings 16 are formed through the other end of the plate. Struck from the inturned end of the plate, intermediate the pair of openings 16, is an upwardly extending lug or tongue 17 which is arranged to receive one edge of the base flange of the rail therebeneath, as shown in the drawing.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a railway tie and rail, of a supporting plate disposed on the tie and beneath the rail, the intermediate portion of the plate being elevated into a plane intermediate the upper and lower faces of the plate whereby to prevent contact between the center of the base of the rail and said intermediate portion of the plate.

2. A rail supporting plate comprising a body having its ends doubled inwardly and its intermediate portion offset upwardly, such offset portion lying in a plane below the plane of the doubled ends.

3. A rail supporting plate comprising a body having its ends doubled inwardly and lying on the body, the intermediate portion of the body being offset upwardly into a plane below that of the said ends, the said ends and the contacted portions of the body being formed with spike receiving openings, and a tongue struck from one of said doubled ends.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

JOHN B ZI E' 

